[NewMusic] Book Review - Alex Ross = Gannicide

[George Cremaschi]

>But if it's presented to them as "weird," or "angry new music" 
>or something ( like a Terry Gross cute-ified Sun Ra), they are more 
>likely to use that as a filter for their experience.

And of course, that *is* how it is presented. Sure, things would be
different if things were different, but I'm talking about how things
are, and how things are is that what I consider serious contemporary
art is almost always presented with a bunch of bullshit qualifiers and
excuses. Do they say "here's another cutesy, precious and cloying piece
from Bill Frisell"?

I'm glad that Fox-watching Republicans can appreciate Xenakis. That
soothes my misanthropy a bit. But the larger question is, will those folks
get curious enough to go back on their own, or is the one time they are
prodded into going to a Goodheart show the one time they'll do it?
Or will they spend the next ten years patting themsleves on the back
for being so adventurous that one time, while religiously watching every 
episode of 24 and the West Wing and America's Top Model?

-George

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